President Donald Trump retreated from his criticism of British prime minister Theresa May while standing next to her during a joint news conference — and Twitter users buried him in scorn.
The president wrecked May’s fragile position in the unfolding Brexit debacle during a harshly critical video interview with the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper The Sun, but dismissed his own recorded remarks the following day as “fake news” when asked about them by a reporter.
Trump refused to take a question from a CNN reporter, accusing the network of broadcasting “fake news,” and moved on to a Fox News reporter, and also reaffirmed his criticism of May after denying those remarks.
BEST NEWS CONFERENCE EVER. Trump doubles down, right in front of May: "I think Boris Johnson would be a great prime minister." https://t.co/4CDTJS0pJl— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) July 13, 2018
Can’t trust these phony anonymously sourced reports like....an interview the president personally gave to a reporter https://t.co/nIExW1UUbB— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 13, 2018
Asked about his explosive Sun interview trashing PM Theresa May, Trump claims “Fake news.”— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 13, 2018
“I didn’t criticize the prime minister,” Trump says of interview in which he did criticize her Brexit strategy.
Trump is calling a taped interview that the Sun posted audio of “fake news”— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 13, 2018
Trump calls interview with The Sun "fake news." There's a recording of it. It's been playing all day.— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) July 13, 2018
First question from @bbclaurak about how he treated May in interview, blasting her Brexit policy: “I didn’t criticize the prime minister.” Then, @realDonaldTrump takes next step of calling The Sun “fake news.” The Murdoch-owned Sun that is....— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) July 13, 2018
Fake news is now reporting what comes out of the president's mouth.— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) July 13, 2018
He keeps ranting about “fake news.” Refuses to take a question from CNN. May is just cringing. She’s shrinking like in a Flintstone cartoon.
— Bruce Fulton 🇨🇦 (@dbfulton) July 13, 2018
"I do not take questions from CNN. CNN is fake news. Let's go to a real network, John Roberts of Fox."— Jonathan Cristol (@jonathancristol) July 13, 2018
CRIPES.
I can't believe that any reporter, even at Fox, would ask Trump a question after he refused to take a question from a CNN reporter, saying that they were fake news.— mudhen 🔥 (@dovecotedesign) July 13, 2018
Predictably, Trump blames the fallout from his explosive interview and criticism of May on the "Fake News," suggesting his praise of the prime minister was left out of the article— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 13, 2018
Trump calls taped audio interview in which he criticizes May “fake news.” It’s on tape.— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) July 13, 2018
Trump is calling quotes he said -- that there is audio of -- are fake news.— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 13, 2018
Trump seems to think he came up with the idea of recording interviews to ensure accuracy.— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2018
"It's called, 'fake news,'" he says, referring to his attacks on May in his interview with @TheSun pic.twitter.com/CTHBMk2nfm
He did it. He really did it. Donald Trump called his ON THE RECORD (which was recorded) interview with The Sun "fake news".— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) July 13, 2018
Note: President Trump called his interview with Sun Fake News, but @TheSun recorded it here. https://t.co/NQV6UzHOS5— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) July 13, 2018
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